Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 710 Compensation for Daming's "Fisherman" Losses (Please Subscribe!)

Industrial transformation, in fact, the Dutch East India Company has been changing.

It is from a predatory economy to a pure trade economy.

If there hadn't been an invasion of South Tianzhu by the Allied Forces of the Eight Nations, his East India Company would have successfully transformed.

In terms of trade share with Ming, the Dutch East India Company was slightly lower than the British East India Company before the Eight-Power Allied Forces united.

Now everything is ruined, the trade share is gone, the fleet is gone, and the territory is even less.

If it continues to develop, the company will go bankrupt sooner or later.

Without the company, Canfezis will lose everything he has now. Power, wealth, honor, and even freedom!
In fact, he followed Bentinck Churchill to fight against Da Ming before, and the purpose was to win a bargaining chip with Da Ming.

Now that the battle has been lost, the bargaining chip is gone, so I can only kneel down to Daming and beg for mercy
Make money, don't be shabby!As a profiteer, not being able to make money is the greatest shame!
Ernst was a little worried, "If we go to negotiate with Daming alone, what if other countries of the Eight-Power Allied Forces find out?"

Canfezis snorted coldly: "They are not yet on the sanctions order of Ming Dynasty. They are ready to abandon us and continue to trade with the people of Ming Dynasty!"

He gritted his teeth, "These shameless profiteers, I think they want to sacrifice the interests of the Dutch East India Company to please Daming, and they also want to carve up our market in order to seek monopoly profits. There is an old saying in Daming: They If you are unkind, don't blame us for being unrighteous!"

"Governor, what about us?" Ernst frowned, "Do we still have chips in the Dutch East India Company?"

Ernst was a real person. He felt that he was Ming, and he would definitely not agree to the terms of the Dutch East India Company.

Canfezis gritted his teeth and said: "I think Daming will need us, we can become Daming's agent in Europe, Daming's cigarettes, spices, silk, porcelain, perfume and brightly colored cotton can only be sold in Europe High price! In addition, we can also sell the interests of the Eight-Power Allied Forces and be Mingren's spies!"

"Did you see that? That foreign devil is the governor of the Dutch East India Company, Canfezis! The Eight-Nation United Armada under his command was defeated by the Ming merchants in the Great Strait, and now he has no choice but to come to Guangzhou City to pay the money and plead guilty."

It turned out that after they met Liu Guoxuan with a white flag on Wei Island in the north of Sumatra Island, after offering money and sincerity, and being disarmed by the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Guoxuan agreed with them to go to Guangzhou City to plead guilty to Zhu Kezang.

On the other hand, Thomas admitted his mistake faster than Canfezis, and Liu Guoxuan did not embarrass them.

But in view of the "illegal fishing" of the Eight-Power Allied Forces in the waters of Daming, they were asked to collect 500 million silver dollars to compensate our "fishermen" of Daming for their losses.

The Eight-Power Allied Forces operated fiercely like a tiger, but in the end they lost their wives and lost their soldiers!
"I've also heard that the Dutch are vulnerable, and the Royal Navy has not yet entered, so it will die!"

"Don't tell me, my family has relatives who are doing business in Nanyang, so he sent his men to participate in the battle to beat the fleet of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces!"

"He said that thanks to the weapons and the Marine Corps given by His Majesty, the fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance was scared away!"

"I really envy your relatives!"

Several representatives of businessmen from Guangdong were chatting with each other.

"The Dutchman was really hurt. Did you see the dozen or so foreign coolies behind them? The way they carried them was full of gold!"

It turned out to be a guilty plea, and there was no typo.

"Your Majesty, the Admiral of the Guangdong Fleet and Lieutenant General of the Empire will be invited by the Governor of the Dutch East India Company, Canfezis."

The voice of Ye Xingde (Nalan Xingde) rang beside Zhu Kezang.

Zhu Kezang nodded with a smile and said, "It seems that Daming's sanctions are not effective. The Dutch rushed to come up and want to be a comprador! Then let him go upstairs to talk!"

"Gentile minister, Canfezis, governor of the Dutch East India Company, respectfully invites the Great Emperor St. Ann."

Kanfezis had already knelt down to Zhu Kezang, performed the most formal ritual of three prostrations and nine kowtows, and greeted Zhu Kezang in Chinese.

Very sincere, one can see that he has learned the etiquette of Daming.

When he was kowtowing earnestly, Zhu Kezang began to educate him: "Kanfezis, you call yourself a foreigner, and you say you are the governor of the East India Company. Which country are you from? Your monarch Who is it? Is the East India Company of which you are Governor a government office or a firm?"

Ye Xingde immediately translated Zhu Kezang's words into Latin, and then added: "The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is well versed in Chinese and Western affairs, and he is familiar with the affairs of Europa. If you dare to deceive the emperor with false words, don't blame Emperor Ming for his thunderous tactics!"

When Canfezis heard this, he kowtowed louder.

"Forgive me, Your Majesty. We are from the United Provinces of the European Netherlands. Although the republic does not have a monarch, it has a consul who is not much different from the king."

The so-called republic of the Netherlands is more like a compromise between a big businessman and a feudal lord, although it bears the name of a republic.

However, at least the birth of the Netherlands Republic was advanced in this era.

When the entire continent of Europe was still under the haze of the rule of the feudal empire, it pierced the dark sky like a sharp sword. land.

In the entire process of the Dutch revolution, the "beggar army", which was always disdained by the Spanish royal family and even looked down upon by the nobles of the Netherlands, played a vital role. The team composed of small and small businessmen has never received professional training, but they won the final rare victory with their tenacity and bravery.

Sometimes we can share hardships, but we may not be able to share joys.

When all the dust settled, the Netherlands betrayed farmers, fishermen, poor people, and workers, and became a country ruled by merchants and aristocrats through and through.

When the merchants and nobles needed to organize the poor to rebel against Spain, they said all good things to incite them. After the Spaniards were driven out, they had another face.

Attacked by Napoleon in the back, this hypocritical Dutch republic collapsed and became a serious kingdom.

It was not until 1848 that the Netherlands officially became a constitutional monarchy. It was not until this time that the Dutch got rid of the concept of supremacy of kingship and finally possessed the sovereignty of the people.

The Republic of the Netherlands, which was established in the 16th century, simply had the name of a republic in vain, but its essence was the leadership of the king.

"Your Majesty, the Consul William III is my monarch, but we are not one with his will, because the East India Company is between commercial institutions and the government, and is a chartered trading company specially authorized by the Great Council of the Netherlands. !"

"It can form mercenaries and issue currency. It is also the first joint stock company in the world. It has been approved by the Netherlands Parliament to enter into formal treaties with other countries, and has the power to colonize and rule the land occupied by the company."

(End of this chapter)